Unit 4 Vocabulary

Exchanging goods & services without trading money.

• Trade

• Economy

• Barter

• free market economy

An ancient trade route between the Mediterranean area of the world to China

• The Silk Road

• trade routes

• The Roman Road

• The Phoenician Way

The wealth and resources a country possesses

• Market

• Trade Routes

• Savings account

• Economy

One location where merchants would sell or trade their items, like today’s Farmer’s Market.

• Trade Routes

• Market

• Shopping Mall

A system of money used in a country

• Currency

• Credit

• Market

• Trade Routes

Ancient currency

• Cash

• Bartering

• coinage

• Market

Paths (roads) that connected cities. People traveled these roads exchanging goods.

• Super highways

• Trade routes

• global connections

Extensive group of states/countries that are controlled by one ruler.

• Civilization

• Society

• Kingdom

• Empire

Someone who trades or sells goods made by someone else. They would “work” at the market

• Customer Service Representative

• Cashier

• Merchant

• Caravan driver